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This section highlights news announcements, solution provider growth news and platform enhancements in the B2B industry.

eTrigue Integrates SugarCRM Into DemandCenter

Etrigue SugarCRM logosCloud-based marketing automation platform provider eTrigue has integrated SugarCRM into its DemandCenter solution. The integration is designed to provide visibility into a contact’s interest level by offering a full view of prospect and customer activity as they respond to emails, visit landing pages, download assets and participate in events.

The integration is immediately available to eTrigueDemandCenter users. Full interaction history is available for each prospect in SugarCRM, and is built to support effective engagement and convert new leads.

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Salesvue Scores $3M In Funding To Boost Marketing, Add Functionality

SalesvueSalesvue, a prospect-to-pipeline automation solution, raised $3 million in financing that the company will use expand sales and marketing efforts nationwide and to build additional functionality.

The round of funding was led by Cultivation Capital, a Missouri-based venture capital firm. Bill Johnson, president and CEO of Salesvue — along with a small group of private investors — also participated in the funding round.

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Idio To Offer Live Demos At B2B Content2Conversion

Idio C2CIdio will be inviting prospects to experience live, customized demos of its Content Intelligence Platform at this year’s B2B Content2Conversion Conference on May 6.

The platform is designed to help marketers analyze their consumer’s content consumption, which allows them to deliver more relevant and personalized content across all channels and boost customer engagement. The solution also automates the content delivery process to make sure relevant content is presented to the right consumer at the right time.

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Infusionsoft Looks To Expand Content And Apps, Streamlines Set-Up Process in Latest Update

Infusionsoft ICON LogoInfusionsoft continues to grow — the small business software vendor posted $60 million in revenue last year, a 54% increase from the previous year. They now have more than 21,000 customers and over 500 employees.

Co-Founder and CEO Clate Mask said the company is looking to do more than provide software. “Small business is not for the faint of heart. We don’t want to just hand them a piece of software. Everything is changing. Technology is changing. Customer behavior is changing. We want to own their entire success.”

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Marketo Webhooks for DiscoverOrg Provide Real-Time Intelligence

DiscoverOrg Marketo LogoDiscoverOrg, a provider of information technology sales and marketing intelligence tools, announced Marketo Webhooks for DiscoverOrg, an application designed to provide real-time data on customers and prospects.

DiscoverOrg and Marketo joint customers can activate a Webhook from within their Marketo environment. When a customer or prospect fills out a web form, Marketo queries the DiscoverOrg database for any missing information. The new data is captured and sent back to Marketo where it is automatically appended to the existing contact or lead information in the customer’s account.

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Richardson Partners with SAVO to Maximize Sales Training Investments

Richardson SAVO logoRichardson, a sales training and performance improvement company, partnered with sales enablement technology provider SAVO to develop SAVO Sales Process Pro Richardson Edition, an application to help sales and marketing leaders reinforce training and execute best practices through coaching at each stage of the sales cycle.

Through seamless integration with CRM solutions, the application is designed to help improve productivity and sales forecasts and ensure overall deal quality.

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Act-On Secures $42M In Funding To Fuel Sales And Marketing Efforts

Act-On-TransparentAct-On Software has secured $42 million in funding, bringing the company’s total venture capital financing to $74 million since it was founded in 2008. This round of funding, led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), will be used to grow the business on a number of fronts, including sales, product development and brand recognition.

"The new capital will be used to increase our sales capacity and our marketing efforts, as well as to expand our product team,” said Act-On CEO Raghu Raghavan in an interview with Demand Gen Report. “We will continue to grow our international presence, first in the UK and European Union, and then in Australia and New Zealand later this year."

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Marketo Summit Wrap-Up: New Personalization, Calendar Tools And Marketers As Innovators

MarketoSummit 2014Marketo’s new calendar and personalization tools were among the topics that generated buzz at the 2014 Marketing Nation Summit. In addition, a lot of the discussion centered on content, predictive analytics and the role of marketers as innovators in their organizations.

“The foundation of our customer engagement platform relies on these five things: Understand the customer, orchestrate the engagement, personalize the engagement, manage and optimize,” said Phil Fernandez, President and CEO of Marketo, during the keynote address where he introduced these new tools. "The idea of one-to-one marketing has been around so long that it has become synonymous with the unachievable — the holy grail of marketing, with our customer engagement platform and our continued innovation, it is not only possible, but it is here. And, marketers need it more than ever today as they compete for customers' time and attention."

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